Definition of emotion

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Emotion (n.) A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body..

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Christocentric :: Christocentric (a.) Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion..
Choky Chokey :: Choky Chokey (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion..
Hysteria :: Hysteria (n.) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits..
Premotion :: Premotion (n.) Previous motion or excitement to action.
Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course..
Fear :: Fear (n.) To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
Affectuous :: Affectuous (a.) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service..
Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural..
Anger :: Anger (n.) A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury..
Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like..
Emotionalism :: Emotionalism (n.) The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
Palpitation :: Palpitation (n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease..
Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment..
Interjection :: Interjection (n.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation..
Susceptible :: Susceptibility (n.) Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look..
Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..
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